I had my first bisexual experience when I was about 6–7. I watched the other guys playing dodgeball on the other side of the playground, and I caught myself just watching one boy. I thought, “If I were a girl, I’d date him”, but I quickly realised in my naive child brain that the same gender couldn’t date.
After that, in 6th grade, I sat next to another guy and thought, “he’s kind of cute”, but I had already been crushing on a girl. In the middle of 7th grade, I came out to my immediate family and small friend group as bisexual. The summer after 7th grade, the guy I sat next to texted me. He asked, “so, who’s your crush?” Realizing who was texting me, I panicked and led him on until he eventually figured it out. He was accepting of it, but he and I didn’t date.